Ukraine May Have Used Secret Tech to Divert Russian Hypersonic Missiles
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Russia sent hypersonic missiles toward Kyiv. These missiles are very fast and hard to stop. But something strange happened. The missiles changed direction.
People think Ukraine used a secret technology to change the missiles' path. This technology is still a mystery. No one knows all the details.
This story is part of a bigger fight. Russia and Ukraine are fighting a quiet war with electronic tools. This war does not use guns. It uses signals and machines.
Experts call this an electromagnetic battlefield. Armies try to control radio signals and computer systems. This kind of war is hard to see.
Some experts say there is no full transparency in this electronic war. This means no country can see everything the other side does.
This secret technology may show the future of war. Countries may use more electronic tools instead of only weapons. This changes how wars are fought.
Vocabulary15 words
- hypersonic
- very, very fast; faster than sound
- technology
- tools and machines made by science
- electronic
- using signals or computers
- electromagnetic
- about signals, radio waves, and energy
- transparency
- being easy to see or understand
- missile
- a weapon that flies to a target
- mysterious
- strange; not understood
- trajectory
- the path something flies
- battlefield
- the place where a fight happens
- signal
- information sent through air or wires
- defense
- protecting against attack
- weapon
- a tool used to fight
- military
- about soldiers and armies
- secret
- hidden; not known by everyone
- attack
- an action to hurt or harm
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Answer key
1. They changed direction 2. Ukraine 3. False
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Russia sent _____ missiles toward Kyiv.
These missiles are very fast and hard to _____.
The missiles changed _____.
People think Ukraine used a secret _____ to change the missiles' path.
This technology is still a _____.
Russia and Ukraine are fighting a quiet war with _____ tools.
Experts call this an _____ battlefield.
No country can see _____ the other side does.
This secret technology may show the _____ of war.
Countries may use more electronic tools instead of only _____.
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